2. Funders
Our thanks to generous support from:

3. Who We Are
Founded in 2010
First full-time center advising donors on disaster-related giving
Founded in 1956
Data on more than 150,000 foundations & 12 million grants
Research, data visualization, and topic-focused web portals

4. Questions for Philanthropy
How did the funding community respond to disasters?
How does the foundation response to disasters fit into the larger landscape of giving?
What can funders do to become more effective in their disaster-related giving?

5. Taxonomy

6. 2016 Analysis Flint water crisis Photo by George Thomas
Ecuador earthquake
Photo by UNICEF

7. Philanthropic Funding by Disaster Type, 2016

8. Philanthropic Funding by Disaster Assistance Strategy, 2016
OTHER category includes grants for research, convenings, and other work that could not be classified.

9. Philanthropic Funding for Regions, 2016
Grants may benefit multiple regions and would therefore be counted more than once.
As a result, figures add up to more than 100 percent.

10. PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING
Other Funding Sources
PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING
Institutional Philanthropy (U.S. foundations, public charities, non-U.S. donors)
$199.9 M
Corporate Giving
$148.1 M
Online Giving –
Network for Good
$6.8 M
Online Giving – GlobalGiving
$3.8 M
Individual Giving –
Fidelity DAFs
$8.2 M
Vanguard DAFs
$661,900
OTHER FUNDING
OECD: Development Assistance Committee
$19.6 B
UN OCHA: Additional Bilateral/ Multilateral Aid
$1.8 B
FEMA
$3.7 B
HUD
$352.9 M

11. U.S. Foundation Funding Trends, 2012–2016

12. U.S. Foundation Funding Trends, 2012–2016

13. U.S. Foundation Funding Trends, 2012–2016

14. Online Tools
disasterphilanthropy.foundationcenter.org

32. Get Involved Improving currency, quality, and quantity of data
Foundations and corporate donors can share their data directly
More precise grant descriptions, particularly around assistance strategy
Stay tuned: New partnership with Indiana University to conduct survey of household disaster-related giving

33. Resilience, Risk Reduction & Mitigation Reconstruction & Recovery
We Need to Move from Being Reactive to Strategic
Disaster Life Cycle
Resilience, Risk Reduction & Mitigation
Reconstruction & Recovery
Response & Relief
Preparedness
Strategic
Reactive
We need to move from being reactive to strategic.

34. Questions and Answers

35. disasterphilanthropy.foundationcenter.org